Abbott’s Growth Watch Empowers Parents to Beat Childhood Stunting

• Childhood stunting is a health issue in the Philippines, and 2 in 3 moms are unaware of the long-term effects of stunting on childhood growth

• The Growth Watch initiative aims to accelerate efforts to help parents identify children’s

growth issues early, seek treatment and prevent malnutrition

• Abbott is banding with communities to raise awareness, and offer online tools, educational resources, nutrition assessment and counselling to promote childhood growth

Global statistics show childhood malnutrition is still a persistent health burden, including in the Philippines.1 According to the Department of Health, 1 in 4 children aged five and below are short for their age or stunted. 2 Abbott is increasing awareness and working together with mom celebrities and communities to tackle stunting among children in the Philippines.

Abbott’s Revolutionary FreeStyle® Libre System Liberates Filipinos Living with Diabetes from Pain of Fingersticks 1-3

• Technology delivers accurate, real-time glucose readings, eliminating the need for routine fingersticks4 for people living with diabetes 
• A quick scan of the FreeStyle Libre sensor worn on the back of the upper arm gives users and their doctors a detailed picture of glucose results and actionable insights 
• Multiple, new real-world studies14, 18-20 demonstrate that use of the FreeStyle Libre system can lead to significant clinical benefits among people living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes 

Abbott, a global healthcare leader, announced today that the FreeStyle Libre system, the world’s leading5 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology, is now available for adults and children (ages four and up) living with diabetes in the Philippines, offering them more choice, and ultimately improving glucose control6.

Simple and discreet for those living with diabetes, the FreeStyle Libre system monitors glucose levels continuously, every minute through a small, coin-sized sensor worn on the back of the upper arm for up to 14 days – making it the longest-lasting CGM available globally.